PAR vs MAX
>>There is only one choice in my opinion for those with big bucks to spend on
the high end and that's the Abekas<<
Acutally, there are quite a few choices out there. Besides the Abekas, there
are two units by Accom that are very nice. One is rackmount with keyboard edit
controller just like the Abekas, the other is a desktop version that has its
own box like a mac or pc, and has a little keyboard for edit type commands.
They are both totally Abekas compatible, and cost @ $15K list.
HP and Sierra Designs have new Digital Disk Array mainframes out, that will
hold humunguous amounts of uncompressed D1, like up to 30 minutes or something
wild like that. They both _start_ @ $35K.
BTW, I've seen the MAX, played with it, love it, and will probably get one. It
should be shipping soon (month or two?), although you're right – now it's
noting but vaporware <g>.
John Tissavary (LUNA cie)